Paul wilhelm adolf rey



(No Model.)

P. W. A; REY.

WARDROBE.

Patented Jan. 9, 1894.

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UNITED STATES PATENT O FICE.

PAUL WILHELM ADOLF REY, OF LUBECK, GERMANY.

WARDROBE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 512,519, dated January 9, 1894.

Application filed April 22, 1893.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, PAUL WILHELM ADOLF REY, a subject of the German Emperor, residing at Lubeck, German Empire, have invented certainnewandusefullmprovementsinWardrobes, of which the following isa specification.

My invention relates to improvements in wardrobes and more especially to the rails carrying the hooks to which the pieces of garment, &c., are suspended.

My invention overcomes many of the disadvantages found to exist in former constructions of clothes racks for wardrobes and I have provided a novel, simple, strong and economical clothes rack that will enable me at all times to remove garments from or place the same in, the wardrobe no matter whether the hook is in the rear portion or not, nor whether the wardrobe is filled, and this is accomplished without the moving of any of the garments from the other hooks.

I have illustrated my new rail in theannexed drawings, which form a part of this specification, and wherein like parts are designated by like letters of reference throughout the several views.

Figure 1 shows the manner in which the hook-carrying rail is connected to the upper wall of the wardrobe. Fig. 2 shows a side view of the rail, partly in section. Fig. 3 illustrates a-bottom view of the same, showing the holes where the hooks are screwed into the rail. Fig 4 shows a front View of a wardrobe provided with the improved rail. Fig. 5 shows a vertical section of a wardrobe, parallel to the rail, and the rail being in position to take off or hang up clothes.

The rail consists of a rod or bar a into which the hooks d are screwed or fastened in any other suitable manner. Said rod or is supported by guide pieces I), wherein the rod can be readily moved in its longitudinal direction. These guiding pieces are attached in any suitable manner to the top of the ward- 5 robe.

In the drawings the rod a is round and the $eriaJ No. 471,378. (No model-J guide I) merely consists of a tube provided with a lengthwise slot at its lower end in order to provide a passage for the hooks, but it is obvious that the form and shape of the rod and the guides maybe modified as desired, without departing from the scope of my invention.

From the above description it is evident that clothes can at any time be readily taken from or placed in the wardrobe, and to this end it is only necessary to pull out the rail (as shown in Fig. 5) and then to push it back, which two operations can be performed easily and without any disturbance of the clothes hanging to this or the adjacent rails.

In order to prevent the rail from being drawn out too far, the guides as well as the rail are equipped with a suitable stop. For the guides this stop consists of two shoulders b, which render the passage provided for the hooks narrower, and in correspondence therewith the stem of the rear hook is made somewhat heavier. (See Figs. 2 and 3.) The front end of the movable rods a may also be provided with a hook cl, from which clothes can be suspended, and serving at the same time as a handle for drawing out the rod.

Having now described my invention, what I claim asnew, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is

In combination, a tubular casing having a slot in its under side formed with shoulders at its forward end, and a rod adapted to slide in said casing and carrying a series of hooks which project through the slot in said casing, the rear hooks of said series being of larger diameter than the front hooks and adapted to bear against said shoulders to prevent the rod from being withdrawn from the casing, substantially as described. I

Signed at Lubeck this 29th day of March, 1893.

PAUL WILHELLWI ADOLF REY. Witnesses:.

WILH. DALNUS, O. SoHiiDER. 

